Improvement in seeding-machines



FOWLER @L BAcoN.

Grain-Drill.

` Pat'nted Mar. 28, 1865a UNTTEE STATES PATENT OEETEE.,

IMPROVEMENT IN SEEDING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,009, dated March28, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknovvn that We, JOSEPH FOWLER and F. M. BACON, of Watertown, in thecounty of Jefferson and State of \Visconsin,have invented, made, andapplied to use acertain new and useful Improvementin Seeding-Machines;and we do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the said invention, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making part ot' this specication, Where- 1n- Figure l is'anelevation of our seeding-machine with part ot' the frame receiving thetongue or pole removed. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan through theseed-delivering cells, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section ot' the slide inwhich said cells are formed.

Similar marks ot' reference denote the same parts.

The nature. of our said invention consists in constructingseed-delivering cells in a slide in such a manner that theycan beenlarged ordiminished at pleasure, according to the character of seed tobe sown or the quantityrequired per acre, which enlargement or decreaseis et'- fected by sliding blocks actuated by bars, as hereinatter setforth.

ln the drawings, t a are wheels of any required size or character. b isthe seed-box. o is a zigzag cam-Wheel, giving motion to the lever d onthe iulcruni @,and by the connectingrod'j' moving the slide g back andforth in loops or supporting-guides h It upon the seedbox b. rlhe slidegis formed in an 'l-shape piece of wood or other material, in whichpartitions l l are securely fastened. 2 2 and 3 3 are blocks Within thisslide g, thatareattached respectively to the bars 4 and 5, that are ingrooves in the t'ace of g, the blocks 2.2 being attached to the bar etand the blocks 3 3 being attached to the bar5, in all instances thescrews attaching the same passing through slots in g,

so that the blocks 2 2 and 3 3 can be slid nearer to or farther from thepartitions l 1 by moving the bars et and 5. This is effected by thelever t' on a fulcrum, 6, with the links 7 to the bars 4 and 5, and S isva stationary pin near an indicating-are on the lever i, so that theamountof motion given to the bars 4t and 5 in opposite directions can beinspected, and consequently the attendant can know the distance that isleftbetweenthe endsot the blocks 2 and 3 and partitions 1, which spaceforms the seed cells or cups, and as the slide g reciprocates thesecells receive the seed fromthe hopperb through the openings l() l0 andconvey said seed beyond the edge of'the plates lt l1., that support thebar g, and said seed-cells now having nothing at the bottom ot' them,the seeds drop out, and may be taken by pipes to be soived in rows; orthey may be scattered broadcast in any convenient manner. This mode ot'constructing the sl-ide g allows for easily regulating the size oftheseed-cells, and the quantity delivered every reciprocation ot' theslide, and the partitions l l act to agitato K the seed at the openingfrom the hopper and cause it to till the cells with greater nnit`ormity.

What we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

rlhe slide g, moving iu the supports 71 in combination with the blocks 2and 3, bars et. and 5, and lever t' to regulate the, size ot' theseed-cells,in theinanner and for the purposcs set forth.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our signatures this 30th day ot'June, ISG-t.

JOSEPH FOWLER. F. M. BACON. 7Witnesses:

GnAuLEs M. DUcAss, AUGUSTUS DoNoH, LWL D.

